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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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